Holiday Cooking

Whether you are looking for a new recipe to try over the holidays or you are the chef for the holiday feast, this list will help guide you and give you some ideas.

Updated December 10, 2025
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The pioneer woman cooks : a year of holidays : 140 step-by-step recipes for simple, scrumptious celebrations
Drummond, Ree.
Paper Book
There's nothing more delicious than a holiday. Oh, is it ever true. Whether it's the anticipation of Christmastime or the ghoulish glee of Halloween, if I see a holiday on the horizon, I simply can't contain my excitement. There's just something about the traditions, the...
Sweet! celebrations
Strachan, Elise
Paper Book
The creator and host of My Cupcake Addiction--one of the world's most widely viewed online baking shows--shares her most dazzling and delicious dessert recipes and ingenious entertaining tips so you can throw the perfect party. Whether you're putting together a simple snack or an...
American Girl holiday baking
Gerulat, Nicole Hill
Paper Book
The ninth book in the bestselling series from American Girl, American Girl Holiday Baking features over 45 delicious recipes for young chefs to bake for the holidays. Inspiring photography, ideas for planning festive celebrations, and plenty of helpful cooking tips make this book the...
America's Test Kitchen menu cookbook : kitchen-tested menus for foolproof dinner parties : 51 menus for every occasion plus strategies that guarantee less stress and better food
Tremblay, Carl.
Paper Book
Now complete with a brand new cover, this must-have entertaining cookbook takes all the guesswork out of putting together flavorful and practical menus. When you're entertaining, there's no room for failure--you want your food to deliver on taste and presentation--yet you...
A sweet year : Jewish celebrations and festive recipes for kids and their families
Nathan, Joan
Paper Book
A LA TIMES BEST COOKBOOK OF THE YEAR * A STRATEGIST BEST COOKBOOK TO GIFT THIS YEAR The "queen of American Jewish cooking" (Houston Chronicle) revises her children's classic for a new generation. In Jewish tradition, holidays are a time for family and...
Holiday cookies : showstopping recipes to sweeten the season
Nederlanden, Elisabet der
Paper Book
From Icebox Pinwheel Cookies to Red-and-White Meringue Kisses to Apple Cider Caramels, find new inspiration for the best of seasonal baking with Holiday Cookies. This instant holiday classic is packed with 50 recipes, each gorgeously photographed and meticulously tested,...
The Martha Stewart living Christmas cookbook : a collection of favorite holiday recipes
Paper Book
SinceMartha Stewart LivingMagazine's debut more than a decade ago, readers have come to look to its holiday issues for the best seasonal entertaining and menu ideas. Each issue ofLivinghas included Martha's favorite recipes, as well as the staff's. For the first time, more than six hundred of these...
The Children's Jewish Holiday Kitchen A Cookbook With 70 Fun Recipes For You And Your Kids, From The Author Of Jewish Cooking In America
Nathan, Joan.
Ebook
There could be no more festive way to introduce Jewish children to their Jewish heritage than through the food associated with the holidays. And no better person to do it than Joan Nathan, whose great enthusiasm and knowledge have gained her a national reputation as the maven of the Jewish kitchen....
Feast : food that celebrates life
Lawson, Nigella
Paper Book
Feastis written to stand alongside Nigella’s classic and best loved book,How to Eat. Comprehensive and informed, this stunning new book will be equally at home in the kitchen or on the bedside table. A feast for both the eyes and the senses, written with Nigella Lawson’s characteristic...
Thanksgiving : how to cook it well
Sifton, Sam.
Paper Book
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY EATER.COM From one of America's finest food writers, the founder of The New York Times Cooking section, comes a definitive, timeless guide to Thanksgiving dinner--preparing it, surviving it, and pulling it off in style.
Friendsgiving : celebrate your family of friends
Shytsman, Alexandra
Paper Book
Throw a stress-free, festive holiday gathering for your family of friends! This unique and beautifully packaged Friendsgiving guide is filled with inspired menus, twenty-five creative recipes, tips, and more. Friendsgiving is everything you love about Thanksgiving-- think memorable Turkey...
The Good Housekeeping Christmas cookbook
Paper Book
Hang the stockings, deck the halls, and cook up a happy holiday with Good Housekeeping! Brimming with more than 300 celebration-worthy recipes, sparkling decorating ideas, and suggestions for homemade (and home-baked) gifts, this sumptuous,...
A year of gingerbread houses : making & decorating gingerbread houses for all seasons
Samuell, Kristine
Paper Book
Nothing's more enticing for any holiday or special occasion than an awesome, lusciously decorated gingerbread house. With designs for Christmas, Halloween, Valentine's Day, and birthdays, these exquisite projects include a cottage, chalet, and two-story house. Options as customized...
The complete make-ahead cookbook : from appetizers to desserts 500 recipes you can make in advance
Paper Book
An impressive collection of 500 recipes at your fingertips! Make the recipe all at once, if you have time; or, use the accompanying suggestions on what parts are best to make ahead separately if you're short on time that day. Every recipe has been tested thoroughly on what's best to make when, and...
Entertaining
Stewart, Martha.
Paper Book
The book that started it all: the essential guide to entertaining from cultural icon Martha Stewart, with 300 recipes, 450 full-colour photographs, and thousands of inspiring ideas that stand the test of timePublished in 1982, Entertaining turned Martha Stewart into a household name. In this...
The forest feast gatherings : simple vegetarian menus for hosting friends & family
Gleeson, Erin
Paper Book
Erin Gleeson, the New York Times bestselling author of The Forest Feast, returns with a gorgeously illustrated cookbook packed with 100 brand-new simple vegetarian recipes designed for relaxed entertaining. When food photographer and stylist Erin Gleeson left New York City to live in...

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